Why Salespeople Need to Crunch the Numbers to Close the Deal

In this new world of sales where the sellers need to be as sophisticated as the buyers, it is time for salespeople to understand how to present their case in terms of numbers.

This is not to say that they should focus on price…quite the opposite.

They need to follow what value selling training professionals recommend—quantify your solution in terms of the cost of the problems it can solve for your client. In other words, you need to put your business case forward in terms of the impact on the metrics that matter most to your buyer, their boss and their business as a whole. You need to be able to prove to your buyer that your solution is well worth their investment compared to other options; you need to make the case in terms of return on investment in a way that makes sense from their point of view.

According to our recent sales poll, over 75% of buyers expect you to do the number crunching…and almost 90% will not buy until they have those numbers in hand. So, get busy. Learn what you need to know to quantify the value of your solution, crunch the numbers, and share them with your client. The greater the value, the easier it will be for your buyer to justify the investment.

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